The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was held at the Olympic Eisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from March 19–21, 1972. The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom was the site of the infamous incident that led to the Curse of LaBonte. Teams *Throws second rocks. Standings Round-robin results Draw 1 Draw 2 Draw 3 Draw 4 Draw 5 Draw 6 Draw 7 Tiebreaker Playoffs Semifinals Final The Curse of LaBonte The 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom saw the incident which led to the Curse of LaBonte. In the finals, Canada under Meleschuk was playing the Americans under LaBonte, and Canada was down by two points in the final end. Meleschuck had the hammer and tried to hit out an American stone on the button so that Canada could take two and tie the game. The rock succeeded in knocking out the American stone, but rolled so that it came to be very close to another American rock biting the 8-foot. US third Frank Aasand saw that the American rock was still second shot and jumped in the air to celebrate. LaBonte also followed suit, but slipped and kicked the Canadian stone while Canadian third Dave Romano was still investigating the shot. It was decided that Canada got two points in the 10th end, forcing an extra end in which Canada stole a point and won. It was said that LaBonte placed a curse on Canada, which did not win a world championship until 1980. References External links World Men's Curling Championship Air Canada Silver Broom, 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom, 1972 Curling competitions in West Germany International sports competitions hosted by West Germany March 1972 sports events in Europe 1972 in Bavaria Sport in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Sports competitions in Bavaria